the price of lawsuits due to stupid people, has nearly doubled the price of a 2 gallon gas can, and put Blitz out of business

Blitz is out of business. Because in 2010, a Utah jury awarded more than $4 million to the father of a 2-year-old girl killed when a Blitz can exploded after the father, David Calder, tried to start a fire in a wood-burning stove in his trailer home by pouring gasoline on the flame. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/05/business/in-a-shuttered-gasoline-can-factory-the-two-sides-of-product-liability.html

In 2010 a 2 gal plastic portable gas can was 15 dollars at a corner gas station. It was 8 dollars online.
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/11/if-you-ever-run-out-of-gas-beware-shell.html

but now? The cheapest one on Amazon is $13 dollars   https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st_price-asc-rank?keywords=2+gallon+gas+can&fst=p90x%3A1&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3A2+gallon+gas+can&qid=1487475071&sort=price-asc-rank

For a cheap damn piece of plastic.

Go to a swap meet if you want to buy a cheap old gas can.